re: Let’s re-visit the 2016 football team

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Les was NOT a bad coach. But ultimately he was his own worst enemy because of his stubbornness. That was the difference between he and Saban.

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The difference between Les and Saban (and Saban and every other coach) is that Saban had a master plan that he meticulously executed. And that plan included everything needed for success.

When Saban’s team had to go 75 yards in one second, in order to win, Saban had a play to do it. His team practiced that one play every single week for the nearly impossible circumstance. Then when it happened, Saban had LSU run the play. The odds were overwhelming that the play would still fail, but it worked, and LSU beat Kentucky on the Bluegrass Miracle.

Saban had a plan, and a process, for everything. And he practiced those plans, and he executed those processes, relentlessly. And THAT was the difference between Saban and the rest of the herd.

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Les was NOT a bad coach. But ultimately he was his own worst enemy because of his stubbornness

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After 2007 he leaned into the doofus/wacky persona way too much and became way too loyal to his staff.

If Les had that same fire he had the first 3 seasons (think Tracy Wolfsob halftime interview at Tennessee 2006) i believe he would have held on longer and won another 1-2 championships.